Lead-pencil sharpener



July 8, 1939. GRUBER 1,770,336

LEAD PENCIL SHAR'PENER Filed Sept. 3, 1927 Patented July 8, 1930 1 entree stares .araar @FFICE t rimivzenuiznn, or naronr, GERMANY LEAD-PENCIL SI-IARPENER Application filed September 3, 1927, Seria1 No. 217,477, and in Germany June 8, 1927.

one side, orthe other side,of the holder; A

slot is provided in the holder through which a part of the blade projects and in which the lead pencil is inserted during the' sharp- 1.5 ening operation.

In the accompanying drawing, two. appliances embodying my invention areillustrated diagrammatically'by way of'example.

' In the drawing I Fig. 1 is an elevation, and

Fig. 2 is an end elevation, of an appliance in which the blade is following thehandle in operation,

' Figs. 7

" an appliance in which the blade is leading the handle. p f Figs 5 and 6 are perspective views illustrating the application of the first and the second type of appliance, respectively. Referring now to the v to Figs. 1 and 2, 1 is the handle or holder of an appliance in which the blade is following the handle that is in which the blade is pulled across the surface to be cut. The holder com prises two plates 3, l of metal,,celluloid, fibre,-

or any suitable material, of identical shape.

, Rivets or other fastening means 5'are pro-;-

1 vided for unitingthe two plates.

A ens tudinal slot 6 is providedin each plate and the blade 7 is insertedin a transverse recess of each plate which is 1 in connectionwith the slot 6 so thatqthe central portion-of the.

bladeis exposedin the'slo't. Instead of: recessing the plates 3 and lv for the reception duced where the blade isinserted, or pitched slightly apart so thatthe blade is readily indlingof the blade. lhe blade maybe en- 8 and 4 are similar illustrations of drawing, and. first of the blade 7, as shown, they may be .re-

appliance isplacedfoii a lead pencil so that the pencil projects from its slot 6 and by pulling the handle, chips will be detached from the pencil as illustrated. Preferably an etui 9- is placed. below the end of the handle for catching the chips, and this etui may also be used as a casingforcarrying the appliance.

Referring now to Figs. 3and 4, this appliance 2 is similar to the appliance described, eXcept for the fact that its slot 6 is open at one end and that portion of the blade which is exposedat the open end, constitutes the cutting edge.

The operation of this appliance is illustrated in Fig. 6 from which it will appear that-it is pushed along the lead pencil in the I manner of a plane.

I wish it to be understood that I- do'not desire to be limited to the exact details of f construction shown and describedfor obvious modifications will occur to a personskilled in the art. ,I claim:- 7 I r V 1. A lead-pencil sharpener comprising a body having a slot'which is open from side to side, and a razorblade inserted in said I ,said blade between them.

slot, and comprising two plates which are 7 2. A lead-pencil sharpener comprising a bodyhaving a slot whichisopen .froinside to side, extending longitudinally with re "spect to said body, and a razor blade extend ing across said slot,tivo connected plates, 5i

each having a recess extending transversely to the longitudinal slot in said body forthe reception of said blade. 1

5 111 testimony whereof I aliiX my signature. FRANZ GRUBER. .1 

